Budget gaming pc

[ikazuchiak]

im looking to build a gaming pc for around 600-700 dollars to spend.In the future i would also be upgrading it

For the case i would really like the Haf 922

cpu: Amd or Intel

video card: Crossfire or Sli (in future)

Hard drive: 500 gb+

psu: 500+

motherboard: needed also

ram: 4gb




i need a monitor too and also optical drives

 

[Emperus]

Processor - Phenom II X4 955 BE
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

Motherboard - Asrock 870 Extreme3
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198

Memory - Kingston 4GB
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104227

Case - HAF 922
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

Optical Drive - HP DVD Writer
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827140042

Hard Drive - Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Power Supply - Corsair TX 650 V2
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Video Card - HD 6850 1GB
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121419

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[j3d1]

well heres the thing, if your goin to upgrade it your probably not gonna be spending much on a video card now. right?

gettin a good MOBO/CASE/PSU/Processor are probably the most important features of ur sytem that u need to get now so that you can upgrade later with ease and actually get good performance increases and not be capped by some constraint u made for urself earlier.

also do u need OS?

it just sounds like you kinda need the whole SHABANG. what will you be mainly playing on this PC?

Your not goin to get a very good monitor on that budget, like hdmi isnt totally out but if you get it. its gonna be on a smaller screen.

but dvi works pretty good so i wouldnt worry about that to much.

i myself am on a similar budget for just my parts not including my monitor.so i could probably be of some help like some other people on here if you could give some more specific info thanks

 

[wenqi]

firstly, AM3+ is what you guys should be getting now if your headset about AMD, otherwise intel is a much better choice (gaming wise) anyway here is an intel based build with SLI taken into account

CPU: intel Pentium G620 @ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116399&cm_re=intel_pentium-_-19-116-399-_-Product

PSU: Antec TP 750 @ under $130 off newegg

MOBO: ASUS P8P67-M-Pro @ under $150 off http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131707&Tpk=P8_P67-M-Pro

CASE: Anything you like, keep it under about $60

RAM: G.Skill 4gb at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231179

HDD: samsung spinpoint f3 @ 65 off http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

GPU: Zotac GTX 560ti @ 220 off newegg

ODD: anything @ under 20

Total: South Side of $763, but no screen or OS (IDK anything about screen value & i like using Ubuntu & freebsd, which are free!)

if you need OS use Ubuntu or FreeBSD for now. if you are upgrading later on, it might be worth dropping the GPU altogether to buy a z68 mobo, (asrock z68 extreme 4 @ under $190 off newegg). this will save you a good $200 for a better screen and maybe windows and later on you can get a nicer CPU and add a GPU instead of buying a budget one. oh and i think i might add that windows 3.1 is now freeware pitty its about a million years out of date...

 

[wenqi]

i don't mean to sound rude but, if you are looking at benchmarks and prices today, the 5850 is better and cheaper than a 6850 and your mobo is outdated...